Improvement in milk-pails



MILK-FAILS.

No. 195,138. Patented. Sept.11,1877.

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JOHN D. LATHROP, OF SOMERVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF RIGHT TO ARTHUR P. SUTPHEN, OF SAME PLACE, AND SAMUEL S. BO- GART, JR., OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT I'N MILK-PAI LS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,138 dated September 11, 1877; application filed July 18, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D. LATHROP, of

Somerville, in the county of Somerset and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined .Milking Pails and Stools, which improvements are fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the ac companying drawings.

My invention relates to a milking-pail so constructed and arranged as to serve the double purpose of a receptacle for the milk and of a stool or seat for the accommodation of the person employed in the operation of milkmg.

My improvements consist in attaching to the said milking-pail a receiver of a peculiar form, by means of a flexible tube provided with a strainer or strainers, which receiver is supported in such a manner as to be conveniently adjustable at any required height above the pail, and is at the same time capable of a swinging horizontal motion.

My improvements further consist in forming the said pail with a flanged top and bottom, combined with vertical braces or supports, which mode of construction greatly strengthens the same, and thereby renders it better adapted to serve the purpose of a stool or seat for the person milking.

In the'accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section of my combined milking pail and stool. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, one-half the pail being represented in section; and Fig. 3 represents a modification in the manner of supporting the receiver.

The pail A is constructed of tin plate or other suitable material, and is preferably cylindrical in form. The bottom of the pail is formed with a flange, a projecting downward and outward, and stiffened by means of a wire, or otherwise, in any suitable manner. The top of the pail is also formed with a flange, a, projecting angularly upward and inward, leaving a circular opening of considerable size in the center, into which is fitted the removable cover B. To the exterior of the :pail A are secured a series of vertical braces or supports, g.g, which are also firmly attached, by soldering or otherwise, to the flanged bottom a as shown in the figure.

The arched form thus given the top and bottom of the vpail, in combination with the vertical braces, gives great strength and stiffness to the pail without adding materially to its weight or bulk, and thus better adapts it to its purpose as a stool or seat for the person mil-king.

The milk-receiver O in its general form resembles a funnel placed in an inclined position. Its construction differs from that of an ordinary funnel in the following respects: The axis of the discharging tube. or spout b, instead of being coincident with the axis of the conical portion of the receiver, forms a considerable angle therewith, and is parallel, or very nearly so, with the lower side of the receiver. At the larger end of the receiver the lower side thereof is extended considerably beyond the upper side, so as to form a projecting lip. Both of these features are clearly shown in Fig. l. The converging sides of the receiver 0 are preferably s'o constructed as to subtend an angle of not more than ninety degrees.

When the receiver 0 is constructed in the peculiar form which 1' have described, it is capable of being adjusted in an inclined position, by means of devices hereinafter to be described, so that a stream of milk from the cow may be directed into its open end either vertically, horizontally, or at any intermediate angle, Without deflecting or spattering in such a direction that any portion thereof will fall outside the receiver, while at the same time the milk will flow freely down the inclined tube 1) into the tube D, and thence into the pail A as fast as it enters the receiver.

In order that the apparatus may be used conveniently with animals of different sizes, it is essential that the milk-receiver should be capable of being adjusted and secured at any required height above the pail, while at the TWO THIRDS OF HIS same time it must be connected with the pail in such a manner that it will not be liable to injury or disarrangement from the kicks of vicious or unruly animals. In order to pro vide for this adjustment the receiver is connected with the pail by means of a flexible tube, and is supported by means of a device which admits of convenient and ready adjustment. These features of my invention I will now describe.

The inclined conductor or spout b, which is attached to the receiver 0, is inserted within the upper end of a flexible elastic tube, 1), preferably of india-rubber or other equivalent material, which is retained in its position by its own elasticity. The lower end of the tube D is introduced into the pail A through a short inclined spout or inlet-tube, a which projects angularly upward from the side of the pail, just beneath the upper flange a, and in such a position as to be supported and strengthened by use of the braces g g extend ing upward from the bottom flange, which abuts against it, as seen in Fig. 1. The flexible tube D is of such diameter as to slide freely to and fro within the inclined tube or spout a so as to admit of the height of the receiver being variedat pleasure. A. metal thimble, provided with a strainer, (1 is riveted into the loose end or outlet of the tube D, and is firmly held in its position by the elasticity of the said tube. Another similar strainer, 12, is attached to the end of the spout or conductor 1) at the inlet of the tube D, and thus the milk is strained as it pours into the flexible tube, and again as it passes out of the tube into the pail A, thereby more effectually separating from it any particles of foreign matter that may have accidentally found their way into the receiver.

Either one of these two strainers may be dispensed with in cases where a single strainer is found to be sufficient. I

The receiver 0 is supported by a stout wire, E, the lower end of which is bent into a hook, and inverted into an eye, 6, which latter is attached to the outside of the pail A, just beneath the spout a The upper end of the wire E is bent round parallel to itself in the form of an elongated hook, which hook is inserted into a tubular socket, 0. formed on the outside of the inclined bottom of the receiver Gin such a manner that the receiver will slide freely up and down upon the bent wire E, while the latter, when bent in the form shown, has sufficient elasticity to retain the receiver Gin any position in which it may be placed. The chain F, which is attached to the rim of the receiver, acts in conjunction with the wire E to hold the receiver 0 in any required position, and is likewise adjustable as to its length, as a link at any point may be attached to the hook f upon the pail.

It may be preferable in some cases to make use of a snap or spring hook or clasp at f, in-

stead of the simple book which I have shown in the figures. Any device which will grasp and hold the chain firmly at any required point in its length will serve the same purpose.

Thus it will be seen that the height of the receiver 0 above the pail A may be conveniently adjusted at any time simply by unfastening the chain F at f, and sliding the receiver up and down upon the wire E, the flexible tube D at the same time sliding within the inlettube (1,.

The angle of inclination of the receiver 0 may be adjusted by means of the chain F in the same manner.

It will also be readily understood that the connection of the receiver'G with the pail, by means of the hook and eye 0, the chain F, and the flexible tube D, is such as to admit of a free motion of the receiver in either direction horizontally, so that, in case it'i's struck or kicked by an unruly animal, itwill yield to the blow without sustaining any injury, and

immediately afterward return to its normal position.

I have provided aseparate strainer, H, made to fit the spout or nozzlea and attached to the pail A by a short chain, h, which may be placed upon the said spout after the receiver 0 and its attachments have been removed, and before pouring the milk from the pail A into an other vessel,whereby the milk is strained a second or third time before being used, which will in many cases be found advantageous.

When this is done the flange a. serves to prevent the milk from being spilled over the top of the pail.

It is not absolutely necessary in all cases to make use of the device which I have shown for supporting the receiver 0, consisting of a wire, E, and its attachments. I sometimes, in lieu of this, place a sliding collar,i, Fig. 3, upon the flexible tube D, of such size as to clasp the tube rather tightly, and thus be held at any desired point by the elasticity of the tube, while, if necessary, the spout b may be lengthened also, thus rendering the tube D sufficiently rigid to afford adequate support to the receiver 0. The latter may be adjusted in respect to its height by sliding the collar 6 along the tube D, the action of the chain F being the same as in the first instance.

It will be observed that all the parts of the apparatus are so constructed as to be easily separable from each other for the purpose of washing or cleansing. It will also be seen that when the receiver and its attachments are removed the pail A, owing to its peculiar form, may be conveniently used as a butterpail or water-pail, or, by attaching a rose, as a sprinkling-pail.

I claim as my invention- 1. The pail A, in combination with the receiver O, flexible tube D, and an adjustable support, constructed and arranged substantially as described.

2. The receiver 0, flexible tube D, and sup- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my port E, so attached to the pail A as to admit hand this 16th day of July, A. D. 1877. of a horizontal swinging motion, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The pail A, provided with flanges at the top and bottom, in combination with the vertical supports or braces g g, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN D. LATHROP.

Witnesses WM. ARNOUX, FRANK L. POPE. 

